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Season 5 – Law & Order

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Lives hang in the balance as detectives and prosecutors pursue justice in New York City. In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place -- and keep the worst offenders off the streets.
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Dick Wolf

Creator

Jerry Orbach

Det. Lennie Briscoe

Chris Noth

Mike Logan

S. Epatha Merkerson

Lt. Anita Van Buren

Sam Waterston

Exec. Asst. D.A. Jack McCoy

Jill Hennessy

Claire Kincaid

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 21, 1994 Second Opinion A doctor is charged with murder for prescribing a treatment that caused toxic fumes to emit from a breast-cancer patient's body. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 28, 1994 Coma Kincaid and McCoy have to decide whether to risk killing a comatose woman to recover the bullet they need as evidence. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 5, 1994 Blue Bamboo A young actress claiming to have been the victim of a white slavery ring becomes the prime suspect when a wealthy Japanese businessman is murdered. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 12, 1994 Family Values After the body of a wealthy woman is found in the East River, her daughter and her husband become murder suspects. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 19, 1994 White Rabbit A safe-deposit-box company eventually exposes a political activist who went underground 20 years earlier to avoid a murder charge. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 2, 1994 Competence Briscoe, Logan, McCoy and Kincaid try to clear Van Buren's name after she shoots a pair of young men who accost her at an automated teller machine. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 9, 1994 Precious A girl found dead in a cooler may have been the victim of parents suffering from an unusual psychological illness. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 23, 1994 Virtue McCoy and Kincaid find themselves in a unique situation when a high-powered city attorney accuses a city councilman of sexual harassment. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 30, 1994 Scoundrels A corporate raider is linked to the murder of a sleazy lawyer who planned a class action suit against him. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 4, 1995 House Counsel A juror bribed to throw the trial of a crime boss is murdered; the mobster's attorney is arrested for the crime. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 11, 1995 Guardian When a wealthy socialite's estranged daughter is killed, the detectives are led to the accountant responsible for the young woman's trust fund. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 25, 1995 Progeny Kincaid and McCoy are determined to convict both the man who shot an abortion doctor and the activist whose rhetoric may have encouraged the incident. Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 1, 1995 Rage The probe of a Wall Street executive's murder leads to a top broker who has a history of criminal behavior. Details Episode 14 Aired Feb 8, 1995 Performance The investigation of a pornographer leads to a gang of teens who videotape their sexual exploits with female classmates. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 15, 1995 Seed The probe of a woman's attempt on her husband's life leads to a fertility doctor with a high rate of success. Details Episode 16 Aired Mar 15, 1995 Wannabe Expelled from an exclusive boys school, an underprivileged youth, a gifted student, is suspected of a trustee's murder. Details Episode 17 Aired Mar 22, 1995 Act of God When an explosion at a construction site kills a boy, McCoy and Kincaid try to exonerate a demolitions expert wrongly convicted of the crime. Details Episode 18 Aired Apr 5, 1995 Privileged The stabbing murder of a husband and wife prompts Briscoe and Logan to investigate Steven Bartlett, an alcoholic who was abused as a child. Details Episode 19 Aired Apr 19, 1995 Cruel and Unusual After learning controversial therapy may have caused an autistic's death, McCoy must discredit the main witness. Details Episode 20 Aired Apr 26, 1995 Bad Faith The death of a fellow detective and childhood friend forces Logan to deal with repressed memories about the school he attended. Details Episode 21 Aired May 3, 1995 Purple Heart The investigations of seemingly unrelated murders of a cab driver and a hit man lead Briscoe and Logan to the cabbie's wife. Details Episode 22 Aired May 17, 1995 Switch The detectives arrest the father of a woman with multiple personalities for the murder of a psychiatrist. Details Episode 23 Aired May 24, 1995 Pride A newly elected, gay councilman's companion and his ousted opponent are suspects in the politician's murder. Details

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Law & Order — Season 5

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Season Info

Director
Fred Gerber, Constantine Makris, Don Scardino, Edwin Sherin, Martha Mitchell
Creator
Dick Wolf
Executive Producer
Michael S. Chernuchin, Edwin Sherin, Rick Eid, Dick Wolf, Arthur W. Forney, Peter Jankowski
Screenwriter
Rene Balcer, Mark B. Perry, Morgan Gendel, William N. Fordes, Ed Zuckerman, Michael S. Chernuchin, I.C. Rapoport, Jeremy R. Littman
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 21, 1994
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